The story of the black silk female knight

"In fact, the primary purpose of the attacks by wild beasts, whether by ordinary or elite warriors, is not to kill humans, but to seize food."

Therefore, as long as you don't fight to the death and abandon your food, you have a high probability of survival even if you encounter a wild beast much stronger than yourself.

Chapter 119 Even a beautiful young businesswoman is still a businesswoman!

The sound of water splashing from the showerhead in the bathroom never stopped.

The clear water flowing from the water-attribute magic crystal flows over snow-capped mountains, across plains, and through dark forests and deep valleys, eventually converging into a final destination called the sewers.

"Hmm... Indeed, besides sleeping with my wife and enjoying delicious food, the most comfortable thing in the world is taking a bath."

Valensa breathed a long sigh of relief, having washed away all her fatigue and sweat. She turned off the shower, slowly dried herself with a towel, and made various plans in her mind.

Just now in the lounge on the first floor, she was pestered by many classmates who asked her all sorts of questions, and she even recounted all the experiences she could from the battlefield as if she were bragging in a pub.

Amidst the chatter of her classmates, Valensa, with a little guidance and careful analysis, gleaned a very useful piece of information.

Previously, when Tia was buying up high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals in the capital, many merchants in the capital also bought up a lot and stockpiled them, hoping to raise prices and make a profit from Tia.

Later, Tia suddenly stopped collecting, acting as if she had already collected enough, which made the merchants think that they had lost money this time.

High-quality, attribute-free magic crystals are rarely used in daily life or combat. Only a few alchemists and sage apprentices who research new technologies use them. They are rare materials, but they are not usually sold at a premium.

Especially when no one is conducting related research projects, they are almost impossible to sell.

Previously, when Tia was buying up large quantities of goods, these merchants rushed to buy them at prices 3% to 5% higher than the market price in order to hoard them and raise prices. Now that Tia has stopped buying, these high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals are practically rotting in the merchants' warehouses and will be difficult to sell in a short period of time.

Unlike the nobles, merchants need a lot of working capital to do business. A batch of valuable materials stuck in the warehouse and unable to be sold will greatly affect the speed of capital turnover, and many small material shops will suddenly find themselves in a cash crunch.

It was under these circumstances that the Nora Merchant Guild suddenly intervened, buying up all the high-quality, attribute-less magic crystals that the merchants had hoarded at a price 5% higher than the market price.

The merchants certainly considered continuing to stockpile the goods and waiting for prices to rise, but they were more afraid that the Nora Merchant Guild would suddenly stop buying like Tia did, leaving the goods completely stuck in the warehouse and tying up a large amount of working capital. So they took advantage of the fact that the price was at least not a loss and could even make a small profit to sell all the goods.

In other words, the Nora Merchant Guild now monopolizes all the high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals circulating in Wangdu.

Thinking of this, Valensa sighed slightly, and the image of Yashiro with his long, golden, wavy hair and violet eyes came to mind.

Although Yashiro appears to be a passionate and forthright fighter, she is ultimately the daughter of a merchant and possesses a very keen business sense.

She must have deduced something from the existing intelligence to monopolize high-quality, attribute-free magic crystals, waiting for me to come to her so that she could offer new cooperation and greater benefits.

As she pondered this, Valensa puffed out her cheeks, but she couldn't come up with a good solution.

Before a new energy source is obtained, high-quality, attribute-neutral magic crystals are an essential resource for repairing and maintaining the underground ruins.

While using primordial bioenergy would work, Valensa isn't a black and white cow on a ranch; she can't possibly extract her own primordial bioenergy essence every day to keep the ruins running.

Therefore, a new partnership with the Nora Chamber of Commerce is probably a must.

Once the royal bestowal ceremony is over, I'll take some time to visit the Nora Merchant Guild headquarters... I also need to communicate more with the Gourmet Association to see if I can obtain some of the materials needed for the special information quick-dissolving agent that activates the beast's self-destruct command.

After thinking about these things, Valensa dried her body and hair.

She took out a new pair of black stockings from her storage space, put them on, and then lay comfortably on the bed in a starfish position, closing her eyes.

The high-gravity training chamber in the underground ruins, combined with the energy scarcity of the barren lands, is highly effective for cultivation and training.

Each time you deplete your inner spiritual power and holy light and then naturally replenish them, the storage limit of both energies will increase, and you will become more proficient in using them.

So during the few days in the underground ruins, Valensa slept only about two hours a day, spending the rest of her time practicing and training.

Prioritize learning divine magic and combat skills from Velenkasa. Once you've used up all the holy light in your body, go and practice magic according to the methods taught by Friggia. After your mental energy is depleted, your holy light will have automatically recovered a lot during your magic practice, so go back to Velenkasa to get beaten up.

Such training and practice naturally leads to rapid growth, but it is also very tiring.

Valensa is now lying on the bed in a starfish position, wearing black stockings, and has quickly fallen asleep, making adorable snoring sounds... It makes you want to plug her nose with your finger and see her painful expression as she chokes and tears stream down her face because she can't breathe properly.

But if someone actually did that, there's a high chance they'd be kicked into the wall by the angry female knight in her morning grumpiness and wouldn't be able to get out.

The night flew by as Valensa slept soundly. Just before dawn, when the moon had just set but the sun had not yet risen, the sleeping knight suddenly opened her eyes.

His azure eyes still held a hint of sleepiness, but his body was already tense and alert, fully prepared for battle.

The necklace pendant above the pair of large headlights also shone brightly, and divine particles transformed into a silver skirt armor, protecting the hot body that was only wearing black stockings.

Only then did Valensa's deep blue eyes regain focus as she looked out the window.

Just now, she suddenly sensed a deadly killing intent, which jolted her awake from her deep sleep and put her into battle mode.

But once she was fully awake, Valensa sighed and her body relaxed.

This is the girls' dormitory of the War Academy in the capital of Fran. If anyone dared to unleash such murderous intent, they would have had their head smashed by the bald man long ago.

The fact that such a blatant release of murderous intent was so fleeting suggests only one possibility—the one who released the murderous intent was the bald man himself.

He was using this method to wake himself up.

But it's not even dawn yet!

Valensa grumbled inwardly, but could only tidy her appearance and hair, preparing to go out.

So what if he's a war hero? As long as he's still a student, he has to listen to the principal.

Without alerting the other students, Valensa quietly left the dormitory and, based on the direction from which the deadly killing intent she had just sensed originated, quickly headed towards her target.

Sure enough, in a dense forest about seven or eight kilometers away from the college, Valensa found the bald headmaster leaning against a tree, yawning, with several empty wine bottles lying around him.

Chapter 120 The Bald Head's Test Battle

"Oh? Not bad, you're here earlier than I expected."

The bald man was dressed in a cheap-looking short-sleeved shirt and shorts, with flip-flops on his feet. He looked like a friendly uncle walking his pet at night, and it was hard to imagine that this guy might actually be the strongest in the Kingdom of Fran.

He nodded to Valensa, exhaled a breath of alcohol, then clenched one hand into a fist and used the other hand to squeeze the fist, making a cracking sound in front of him.

"You seem to have gained a lot from your trip to the front lines... I didn't quite believe it before, but now it seems that your claim of slaying the Great Prophet of the Wild Beasts was not just empty talk."

"Just lucky."

Valensa smiled modestly and repeated the same story she told the military:

"I originally just wanted to release a sealed Great Witch to cause some trouble for the wild beasts, but I didn't expect to run into that Great Prophet. With the help of the Great Witch, I killed him."

"Good luck... Hmph, fine, if you call it luck, then it's luck."

The bald man didn't seem easily fooled, but he didn't seem to care much. He just touched his jewel-like head and beckoned to Valensa.

"Come on, go all out and let me see what level you're at now."

"……Understood."

Valensa nodded, her body tense, showing no intention of holding back.

The bald guy's strength should be similar to Velenkasa's, or even slightly stronger.

Valensa had used every trick in the book against Velenkasa, only to be beaten one-sidedly. Now, facing the bald man, she naturally had no reason to hold back.

They went all out from the start.

In the left azure eye, a purplish-black light spun rapidly, like an ink vortex appearing on a calm, blue sea.

This is the evil god power that Valensa stores in her left eye every time she enters evil god mode, and now she can control this power using magic.

The evil god's power released from her left eye quickly flowed through Valensa's body with her blood, working in tandem with the evil god's power that was sealed by divine magic. In one fell swoop, it broke through the seal, creating a gap that would slowly repair itself, allowing more evil god's power to flow through her blood vessels and greatly strengthening her entire body.

This is the improved version of the Evil God Transformation that Valensa mastered after being trained by both Friggia and Velenkasa. She can transform without consuming soul crystals, maintains her sanity for a longer period after transformation, and no longer affects the use of various equipment and skills, which can be said to be a great enhancement of her combat power.

"Oh huh?"

Even the bald man didn't show any surprise, and then became even more excited:

"Looks like I need to be a little more serious... If I keep treating you like a child, I might actually get hurt... Heh."

The bald man's already strong body became even stronger after his soft shout. His arms, full of hard muscles, burst through the sleeves of his short-sleeved shirt in an instant, looking like some kind of flesh-colored alloy.

...His body itself is an extremely powerful Noble Phantasm!

Valensa suddenly had this realization, and then immediately focused her mind and charged at the bald man at supersonic speed that could tear through the air.

"Great! You're even faster now."

The bald man first praised Valensa, then grinned, showing his teeth.

"But it's still not fast enough!"

As he spoke, the bald man used both hands simultaneously. One hand grabbed Valensa's wrist, which was holding Moon Kiss and preparing to slash diagonally, while the other hand nimbly circled behind Valensa, trying to grab her by the back of her neck, just like it had happened countless times during their special training.

He clearly made the move later, and his movements looked very slow. Compared to Valensa's supersonic speed, it even looked a bit like Zhang Sanfeng using Tai Chi to fight the Flash.

However, if this exchange continues, the result will only be that the bald man, who is behind, strikes first, grabbing Valenza's wrist holding the sword with one hand and the back of her neck with the other.

Crack!

Just as the bald man was about to grab Valensa's wrist, a dark purple lightning bolt suddenly appeared in the night.

The wrist that was about to be grabbed accelerated again in the dark purple lightning. It was not just a visual effect, but a real change of pace that surpassed the bald man. In a fraction of a second, the man changed his move.

Since the bald man's hand was already raised, if you continued to slash, the wrist holding the sword would inevitably collide with the bald man's hand, and no matter how fast you slashed, it would be useless.

So it was impossible to cut her again. Valensa slightly changed the position of her sword-wielding hand, instead using the end of the hilt to smash down hard, aiming at the bald man's palm.

Snapped!

The hilt of Moon Kiss struck the bald man's palm. Even in her evil god mode, Valensa was still weaker than the slightly serious bald man. The sword flew out of her hand, and she was thrown backward in mid-air, changing from a charging posture to a leaning posture.

However, her sword-wielding hand was also enveloped in dark purple lightning. This armor, composed of six parts lightning element and four parts evil god power, not only greatly enhanced Valensa's speed but also caused powerful paralysis and corrosive effects on those who came into direct contact with it.

Even the bald man, caught off guard by this attack, was momentarily stunned.

Valensa certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. As she leaned back, she used all her strength to kick the bald man in the waist.

This kick not only possessed the immense physical strength of the Evil God Mode, but was also enhanced by the Dark Thunder Armor. Furthermore, Valensa forcibly activated the Spiked Kick technique by consuming three times the mental power.

Snapped!

Since the start of the new semester's nighttime intensive training, this was the first time the bald guy had been hit head-on by Valensa, forcing him to stagger back several steps. He leaned against a tree, grimacing and clutching his back.

"What an uncivilized little girl. She knows that men are prone to back problems as they get older, yet she keeps kicking here... But you can even use elemental magic? That's truly amazing."

"After all, I just unsealed an incredibly powerful witch this time. How can I not take this opportunity to learn some amazing skills from her?"

Valensa also took the opportunity to do a backflip to adjust her posture:

"Ceremony Armor: Dark Lightning Armor, the only magic I currently possess. Please enlighten me, Headmaster."

Unlike when she needed divine particles to activate the spell to slay the Great Prophet of the Wild Beasts, Valensa now truly mastered this magic.

Friggia was a master of magic. She didn't teach Valensa any serious magical theories, but instead used amazing metaphors that left Tia speechless, allowing Valensa to manipulate the elements based on her own understanding, imagination, and her divine instincts.

This is absolutely an unorthodox teaching method, but its effects are very obvious.

Valensa, who had never been able to sense the existence of magical elements since childhood and would fall asleep whenever she meditated, can now use magic, including high-level spells like [Ritual Armor] that normally require at least the Shining rank to learn.

Chapter 121 Hand-made Thermobaric Bullet

Bang! Crash! Boom!

In the desolate forest before dawn, a dark purple bolt of lightning constantly streaked among the trees, occasionally launching an attack on a large, bald man whose muscles were as solid as alloy.

Each collision between the two would cause nearby animals to scatter like a small earthquake, and the aftershocks of their energy would destroy countless branches and tree trunks with devastating force.

"Not bad, not bad, you're growing very fast."

Once again, he countered Valenza's lightning-fast side kicks with his palms, using his superior strength to force Valenza back. The bald man smiled and praised:

"Although you still lack in skill and strength, this speed is already enough to suppress most of the Star-level... You truly deserve to be called a genius who can launch supersonic attacks even at the Pearl level. It's a waste that you don't become an assassin with such strong agility talent."

Although he was clutching his waist and grimacing in pain, apart from a bruise on his waist from when Valensa kicked him, he had already fully recovered.

"Because the Knights are cool."

Valensa muttered a rather capricious answer, then turned back and kicked the bald man from another angle.

The result was the same. Although Valensa was faster, the difference in skill meant that apart from the initial surprise attack, she was unable to launch any effective attacks on the bald man. Instead, her legs were numb from the shock of his blocks.

At this moment, more than half of the divine magic seal within Valensa's body has been automatically repaired, and her evil god mode will end in a few minutes.

Entering the evil god mode twice in a short period of time would greatly damage the divine magic seal. Even though Valensa has grown a lot now, there is still a considerable risk of losing control.

In other words, if we don't come up with a solution soon, today's special training... or rather, the principal's assessment of the top students, will soon be over.

Aside from the initial sneak attack, Valensa couldn't even get the bald man to move an inch... She wasn't satisfied with the result.